From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:07:27 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: [IPV6] ADDRCONF: Register inet6_dev earlier.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.21-rc2~38^2~7
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=45ba9dd2007da23da5ac21179451c3c9fee30a96;p=karo-tx-linux.git

[IPV6] ADDRCONF: Register inet6_dev earlier.

Allocate inet6_dev earlier to allow users to set up per-interface variables.

Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
---

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 7a2a71536b5d..f6ac65d36559 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,14 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 	int run_pending = 0;
 
 	switch(event) {
+	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+		if (!idev) {
+			idev = ipv6_add_dev(dev);
+			if (!idev)
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "IPv6: add_dev failed for %s\n",
+					dev->name);
+		}
+		break;
 	case NETDEV_UP:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
 		if (event == NETDEV_UP) {